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lizstacygold

>>> Founder of Rhino Girl Media,
a communications consulting firm based in PDX;
>>> Read my blog, 14 Karat Living

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Happy New Year from sunny ☀️ Florida! I love the beginning of a month and I especially love it when it kicks off a new year and decade! Fresh starts! Clean slates! Renewed hope and faith for the future! 2019 was a rebuilding year for me and the last couple months I’ve been clearing space to get more into alignment for what my soul is calling me to do. On my agenda? Following my joy, what lights me up and the HELL YESes that present themselves. I’m open and ready, 2020. What do you got?

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#FBF 10 years ago. This was early on in Brooklyn when I lived in Sunset Park and my friend Dallas James came to town and took photos of me not far from my apartment. I was dying my hair black at the time, covering up my birthmark with makeup and making my way slowly into the NYC kink scene. Hard to believe I was in New York for close to a decade and now I live on the other side of the country, the Pacific Northwest, somewhere that was never on my radar screen, growing up in New England. I am living such a different life now. Much more low key 😂 even though it for sure has not been an easy ride. It’s been totally worth the bumps and confusion and despair tho because I am getting closer every day to figuring out what means the most to me. It’s a path and I’m letting my intuition lead the way from here on out. The growth has been coming fast and hard, probably invisible to the outsider looking in. I keep jumping off cliffs and thinking unicorns 🦄 and glitter will fall from the sky and a big basket of rewards will land on my kitchen table but no, there’s more work to be done, more limiting beliefs to unblock, more trauma to identify and heal from, more work to figure out. But I’m thinking this is where it gets good. 2019 was a heavy and growth full year. Lots of new movement, people and community, which I appreciate greatly. I look forward to the possibility of 2020, the potential, the new things built and brought to life. I’m looking forward to more spontaneity, authenticity, and creative expression in myself and hopefully those around me and I’m looking forward to light in all its various forms. Happy Solstice and Happy Chanukah!

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I’m in the process of rewriting the story of my life. We all have a narrative that we carry around with us. I definitely have a story that I’ve worn as my identity for years. I finally, recently, started questioning the things I thought were nonnegotiable. Turns out it was time to let some of those things go. They were waiting for me to just release.
I get to change. I get to shift directions. I get to say no to toxic shit that drains me and makes me feel intense dread. I get to make decisions based on what is good for my soul, for my spirit and I don’t have to explain those decisions to anybody. It’s an exciting time.

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It’s the final day of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 >>> Art That Changed Me >>> and I’m posting this photo of me and my band “High Anxiety” as part of @rocknrollcampforgirls Ladies Rock Camp! 🤟🎤🎼🎸 It was a super fun program I treated myself to back in 2017. One person learned the bass, another the drums and I took vocals. We wrote the song in less than 48 hours and performed it live at @kellysolympian downtown. The weekend truly inspired me to face my fear of public speaking - I was singing! - and claim space on a stage. Unforgettable!!

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Today’s theme for Day 30 of @americans4arts #ShowYourArt2019 is >>>theater >>> which reminds me of Broadway in #NYC, bringing me back to my outfit last weekend for a Broadway themed Halloween 🎃 party. I went as a Hell’s Kitchen eccentric. You know, the type that goes to as many shows as possible, has afterparties w the cast and crew and has their regular restaurant where they sit at the bar and drink the house red.

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I picked this up at a #cannabis event here in #PDX a while ago and it’s been on my desk ever since. I remember @coregardens having a super cool pre-roll offering on their table, as well as this postcard that explains why #terpenes are important! It has a list of conditions of what each terpene can be used for (pain relief, sedation, inflammation, etc.) color coded and then mapped out with their various aromas. They also give a definition of terpenes: “Fragrant oils that give cannabis and other plants aromatic diversity...terpenes work with #cannabinoids to produce known therapeutic benefits.” So there you go! And in honor of Day 29 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 >>> education >>>

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Day 28 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 is >>> spotted! 👀 >>> lots of great messages all around the #pdx area including this #DIY sign! Good reminder!

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Here’s a >>> behind the scenes >>> look at my house before it was renovated in honor of Day 27 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 .... the whole thing was gutted and repainted and now I’m the lucky tenant!!

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On Day 26 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 >>> monuments>>> I’m posting a photo I took while visiting @kara_walker_official’s exhibit, “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby” at the former Domino Sugar factory in Brooklyn in 2014. The structure was 75 feet tall and shaped like a sphinx.

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True story: I was at paddling practice here in Portland, Oregon and one of my teammates saw me wearing this shirt from the Center for Anti-Violence in Brooklyn and asked me “How’d you get that t-shirt?” I told her I trained in karate there for six years. Apparently, she volunteered there and told me that yet another teammate also volunteered there. I had no idea! Small world 🌎 so, in honor of Day 25 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 >>> advocacy >>> I share the love for CAE ❤️ read more about their mission in the comments! (Also, apologies for the wrinkles! 😆)

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It’s a five borough street map of New York City, brought to you in honor of Day 24 @americans4arts #showyourart2019 >>> on my wall >>> I remember I bought this from my neighbor in Sunset Park, Brooklyn for $5. We used to have stoop sales together and she let me have it for a bargain! This is only one piece of it; it’s huge and delicate and desperately needs to be framed. But! It’s on my wall and has been for years.... —————————
#map #nyc #vintage #5boroughs #brooklyn

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Today’s post is for Day 23 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 with the theme of >>> purple >>> Admittedly it’s not a color I am drawn to a lot, but I’ve been burning this “Spirit” @magichourastrology candle 🕯 that I got at @seagrapesoap shop a while back. This candle (which is a royal/deep purple) has definitely evoked divine inspiration in me, which is what I’ve been asking for.... 🙏 🌸

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This really has slightly next to nothing to do with >> dance >> which is Day 22 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 but I had to post something. I am doing a little movement here in this photo from Halloween 🎃 2013 when I was Gilda Radner #SNL character Roseanne Roseannadanna ....just ya know, dancing in the bathroom.

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I’d consider this sustainable art, which is the topic of Day 21 @americans4arts #showyourart2019 ... the illustration shows the moon phases over the 12 months of 2019. As this year comes to a close, how will it be used next?

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I’m late today! But here’s my post for Day 20 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 >>> festivals>>> psyched to have raced in Portland’s Rose 🌹 Festival Dragon Boat 🚣 competition in June. We even brought home some hardware. @pdxrosefestival #paddlesup #amazondragonspaddlingclub

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It’s Day 19 of @americans4arts #showyourart2019 and I’m impressed I’ve done this every day! Today’s post is >>> public art >>> Saw this in #vancouverbc back in 2013. So there you go! #heart #flowerpetals #streetart #love

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